The preliminary election results announced by the Central Election Commission do not reflect the will of the Georgian people, and the published figures contradict Georgia’s choice, one of the leaders of the Strong Georgia coalition, Anna Dolidze, said at a briefing. “The Georgian Dream” receives a parliamentary majority after the calculation of the data from the elections. 97% of polling stations. According to the CEC, after counting the voting results from 3,018 polling stations, 1,087,801 voters, or 54.24% of those who took part in the elections, voted for the Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party. "Strong Georgia" ("Lelo for Georgia", "For the People", "Freedom Square", "Citizens") - 8.72%,
“We are angry with what the Central Election Commission dared to write. The results do not reflect the will of the Georgian people. These numbers contradict the historical and current elections in Georgia,” Dolidze said. According to her, the coalition will continue to fight to protect every vote and the democratic choice of the Georgian people by all legal means.
"Strong Georgia" fights to protect every vote, we use all legal means to protect the democratic and European choice of the Georgian people. We are not going to give this choice to anyone,” Dolidze said. According to the leader of the Freedom Square political movement, Levan Tsutskiridze, this was not the reason for the historically high voter turnout. “This is not why emigrants stood in line at embassies for 8-9 hours . Therefore, we continue to fight in all legitimate democratic ways and will use all peaceful, democratic means to save the European future of our country,” said Tsutskiridze. The opposition coalition led by the former ruling party “Unity – National Movement” and “Coalition for Change”, consisting of the former members of the National Movement, also refused to recognize the results of the elections to the Georgian parliament published by the Central Election Commission. For the first time, parliamentary elections were held in Georgia only according to a proportional system (based on party lists) and on a large scale using electronic technologies - verification and vote counting apparatuses. People voted for opposition parties in total 37.33% of voters, in particular: "Coalition for Change" ("Akhali", "Girchi - more freedom", "Droa") - 10.81%, "Unity - National Movement" ("United National Movement" , "Agmashenebeli Strategy", "European Georgia") - 10.07%, "Strong Georgia" ("Lelo for Georgia", "For the People", "Freedom Square", "Citizens") - 8.72%, "For Georgia" - 7.73%. Voter turnout in the parliamentary elections of Georgia, according to preliminary data, was 58.94%.
